Posted by casisill on January 30, 2004, at 7:30:43
In reply to Re: Glad to be OFF EFFEXOR!! » casisill, posted by PoohBear on January 29, 2004, at 12:43:59
HI TR
I see what you're saying but as far as i'm concerned the more people who i can prevent from even starting this drug the better! Effexor may be ok in the short term say 3 or 4 months on a very little dose of no more than 75mg but as soon as you get past this and start to encounter it's effects, mood swings (violent), intense sweating , blurred vision, hightened depression , anxiety and panic attacks etc your gp or psyc will simply say your dose is too low and will prescribe an even higher dose which is when it becomes dangerous as you then experience even more side effects and worse still you will not be able to get off it. The more you have the worse it is to get off - i have never experienced such a horrible antidepressant which makes you like a zombie and is impossible to give up and believe me i've been on many including seroxat which the profession too thought was a marvellous drug until they discovered it causes suicidal symptoms and is no good in treating depression, hence it being banned in the Uk for under 18's along with effexor after they had already prescribed it to thousands! This research should be done before we're used as guineapigs. It will only be a matter of time before they discover it should have been banned across the baord not just for under 18's.
This is the 3rd time i've try to withdraw from effexor in 2 years after piling on 3 stone in weight, having increased blurred vison to the point where i thought i needed glasses, insomnia, headaches, mood swings oh the list is endless , anyway after failing to come down slowly i'm trying to go cold turkey - this is my 7th day in and i have given up because the withdrawal is so bad, i've had to take a 75mg to stop me killing either myself or someone else- this is how bad it is! then i'll taper down from 75mg and maybe by 2005 i might have actually got off it! I know i'm not alone in these withdrawal symptoms just look on the net for the evidence of real people like me who've experienced it. It seems only people who work in the medical profession have a good word to say about this drug or people with little experience of it. I am quite happy to let people know what they will be getting into by taking effexor or seroxat for that matter - if only the health professionals did at the start - i for one wouldn't be in this mess! so for anyone thinking of taking this drug - don't! Please ask your doctor for an alternative and research the web for people who have conquered getting off this drug and listen to their advice on alternatives- after all it is the people who have experienced it not the docs or psyciatrists who know best - they've been there not just read it from a book.
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